Afkar Ali Ahmed

Over 50 injured in Sharjah pile-up

SHARJAH — Over 50 people received injuries, minor and major, in a pile-up involving 72 cars on Sharjah-Al Dhaid road near the 10th interchange at 7am yesterday.

Several Ajman areas remain water-logged following rains

AJMAN — Residents of Al Nuaimia, Al Bustan, Al Zahra and other parts of Ajman have complained that various areas have remained water-logged and mud and garbage are accumulating in the streets ever since it started raining a couple of weeks ago.

Overcrowding caused fire: building owner

SHARJAH — The owner of the Al Buheirah building, where a fire broke out on Friday morning gutting several flats and rendering 15 families homeless, yesterday said he had incurred a loss of more than Dh300,000.

Worker dies in fall

SHARJAH — Loose safety belt reportedly cost an Indian worker his life as he fell from the ninth floor of a building in Al Majaz area in Sharjah on Tuesday morning.

Probe into man’s death at construction site begins

SHARJAH — Sharjah Police are investigating the death of an Indian man, Mohammed Riyas Ali, 74, whose body was found in the early hours on January 24 in a building under construction in the emirate’s Al Nabbah area, sources have said.